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COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY

RFP 3098 FOR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL 3098

FOR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER

(ISP)

Prepared by

Community College of Allegheny County

Purchasing Department – Office of College Services 800 Allegheny Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15233

ALL QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS RFP SHOULD BE SUBMITTED VIA EMAIL TO

[email protected] NO LATER THAN Tuesday, October 24, 2017.

RESPONSES TO THIS RFP MUST DELIVERED TO THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT

NO LATER THAN:

Friday, October 27, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.

NO FAX OR ELECTRONIC RESPONSES ARE PERMITTED

mailto:[email protected]



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The Community College of Allegheny County is seeking an Internet Service Provider to meet the

following objectives. Once a vendor is selected, the bandwidth capacity chosen will be determined by

pricing.

The College subscribes to a redundant ISP strategy to access the Internet. The agreement for the ISP

covered by this RFP is expiring. See Appendix A for ISP details.

Vendor responses to this proposal must be embedded within each item. Vendor to indicate

whether they “comply” and if there is non-compliance, vendor to provide detailed explanations.

A. Main Objectives

1. Provide cost-effective and diversified enterprise-class Internet access to the College through the demarc located at:

REQUIRED SERVICE LOCATION:

Office of College Services

800 Allegheny Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15233

OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL SERVICE LOCATION:

South Campus

1750 Clairton Road (Route 885)

West Mifflin, PA 15122-3029

2. Work with CCAC’s ITS staff and its current ISP to migrate from the incumbent’s circuits to the vendor’s circuits during the month of November 2017 with a final cut-over date 45 days after

award notice by CCAC, which may be scheduled during non-business hours (may be evenings

and/or week-ends) with no disruption to services. This may entail a ramp-up approach to test and

accelerate the cut-over. Vendor charges to begin upon final acceptance by CCAC.

3. Work with CCAC’s ITS staff and designated ISP to enable BGP tuning for failover.

4. Meet service level requirements contained herein.

B. Optional Objectives

1. Option to provide on-demand customer controlled bandwidth capacity increases and decreases in conjunction with vendor Internet Service.

2. Option to provide SIP Trunk services with quality of service support of customer classified real-time applications in conjunction with vendor Internet Service.



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C. Connectivity Requirements

1. The Internet connectivity service handoff to the college must be via a 1Gbps Ethernet copper interface.

2. Bandwidth leased by the College must be dedicated solely to the College from the College’s demarcation point to the Internet backbone. Vendor to provide customer

bandwidth allocation and network design strategies employed to mitigate oversubscription.

3. The physical connectivity between the College’s demarcation point and the Internet Service Provider’s point-of-presence (POP) cannot be shared.

4. Vendor to include a detailed schematic of all proposed fiber and cable runs to serve CCAC’s Internet access. Show all routes, local loops and paths from the tier 1 Network

Access Point (NAP) to CCAC’s demarcation point.

5. Vendor to detail the transport medium (fiber, copper, service provider) at all points along the proposed route for CCAC's Internet access from CCAC’s demarc to the Internet

backbone. The detail includes the identity of third party infrastructure providers and

owners.

6. Vendor to provide detail of the transport technology employed in the proposed solution.

7. Vendor must detail in depth their network footprint indicating all NAP’s.

8. Vendor must detail in depth their network footprint indicating all POPs in CCAC’s region.

9. Vendor must provide the number of hops in the proposed route between CCAC’s demark and the ISP’s or service partner’s NAP.

10. Vendor to also list any significant changes planned for their network transpiring over the next 12 months that will alter the information provided in response to this RFP.

11. Vendor to notify CCAC in the event of vendor network outage.

12. Vendor to provide the detail process and methodology for handling outages to ensure business continuity.

13. Vendor to provide network performance statistics for the last 12 months including any third party reports.

14. For the proposed fiber route for CCAC, vendor must provide the number of customers utilizing the same route, total bandwidth purchased by customer utilizing the same route

and bandwidth capacity of proposed route. Vendor must show the average and peak

utilization of this route. CCAC will consider this information as a baseline and will expect



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a guarantee that the vendor will not subscribe beyond the data provided for the term (s) of

CCAC’s agreement.

15. Vendor must provide a full Internet BGP routing table to CCAC.

16. Vendor to explain and demonstrate the availability and sustainability of the subscribed bandwidth.

D. Service Level Requirements

1. CCAC reserves the right to immediately terminate any agreement without penalty to the College when there is evidence of service and/or performance degradation.

2. CCAC reserves the right to immediately terminate any agreement without penalty to the College when the vendor fails to meet any SLA requirement.

3. CCAC reserves the right to terminate any agreement with the vendor without penalty to the College in the event of the vendor’s merger, acquisition, dissolution attributed to

bankruptcy.

4. CCAC reserves the right to terminate any agreement with the vendor without penalty to the College in the event that the vendor exits services or geographic areas key to the College’s

service.

5. During the term of the agreement the following financial penalty credits must automatically be provided by the vendor when SLA requirements and metrics are not met within any

four-week window for all major infractions as well as an accumulation of three minor

infractions.

A major infraction is considered to be any network outage that exceeds 1 hour during a

business day; the inability to provide business continuity during a major outage that

exceeds 1 business day; the inability to meet 6.c, 6.d, 6.e, 6.f, and 6.g and 9 below. A minor

infraction includes 7.a and 7.b below.

a. First infraction: 10% service credit (based on monthly rates) b. Second infraction: 30% service credit (based on monthly rates) c. Third infraction: 60% service credit (based on monthly rates)

If the vendor cannot meet these penalty terms, the vendor can make a counter offer.

6. Vendor must meet the following SLA metrics:

Scope Metric

a. Latency



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c. Network Availability 99.99% core to core

d. Port Availability 99.99%

e. Provisioning Any customer-requested modifications or changes to take place within 72 business

hours.

f. DoS and DNS detection and protection

80% utilization during these attacks

g. Customer Service (guaranteed response

time to resolve technical

or administrative issues

including billing)

4 hours

h. Customer Portal Multiple views, including performance, billing, account management, provisioning,

trouble ticket status

i. Credits To be applied automatically: accelerated credit amounts (see C.6) based on

frequency of major infractions

7. The vendor must provide a clear path of escalation for all problems 24x7, detailing contact information and providing a toll free number for all maintenance and troubleshooting calls.

Vendor to provide employee names, titles and contact information (office phone, cell

phone, email address) along the path of escalation.

8. Vendor must be proactive in detecting and resolving problems and must communicate with CCAC ITS staff proactively via any or all of these methods: email alerts, phone, fax, and

pager.

9. Vendor to provide access to an Internet Web portal that provides the following:

a. Billing information b. Reports that yield usage statistics – average and peak bandwidth utilization by day

and time of day

c. View, open and update trouble tickets d. Run trouble ticket reports e. Provide feedback on closed trouble tickets f. Update contact information g. Add users that can access and use the portal

10. Vendor must proactively monitor circuits and email weekly circuit bandwidth utilization matrix and graph. Vendor to immediately notify CCAC on outage occurrences or when any

issues are detected that might affect service to the College. Vendor must communicate to

CCAC for planned vendor network outages 30 days in advance.



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11. Vendor is expected to aggressively and proactively pursue any local exchange carrier the vendor may use to escalate and resolve any problems that affect CCAC’s service.

E. Vendor Requirements

1. Within 48 hours upon request by CCAC, vendor must demonstrate financial stability by providing the last two years of an audited financial statement and must also provide

information that answers the following:

a. Cash flow and cash-on hand equivalents b. Cash burn rate c. Total short-term (repayable within 12 months) and long-term debt.

2. Vendor to provide their own premise equipment at no charge to the College including any monitoring devices. Vendor is required to monitor the performance of their premise

equipment.

3. Vendor must assign an account team to CCAC ITS. CCAC reserves the right to request a change and reject any account representative for the terms of the service agreement.

4. Vendor assigned account representatives must meet with the Chief Information Officer or designee to resolve issues/problems immediately and as needed.

5. Vendor to indicate location and contact information of their NOC’s for 24x7 support.

6. CCAC expects the vendor to waive all installation and associated fees.

7. Vendor to proactively provide CCAC ITS staff with detection and protection against DoS and DNS attacks. Vendor to detail their methodology for providing this service at no

additional charge to the College.

8. Vendor must filter traffic as requested by CCAC’s ITS staff. (i.e. All non-routable IP networks should not be forwarded to CCAC)

9. Vendor to provide the College with secondary DNS services without cost.

10. Vendor must coordinate all work with CCAC Information Technology Services staff.

11. Work must be scheduled during times that will not affect the operation of the College, which will necessitate evening and week-end hours.

12. Vendor to detail (via an attachment) any other value-added service. If these services are at a cost, vendor to delineate such in section F.

13. The same vendor cannot provide both ISP services to CCAC.



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F. Vendor Qualifications

1. Vendor must provide a history and background within the telecommunications industry related to experience in providing Internet access and monitoring services.

2. Vendor to demonstrate competency and track record in successfully selling, implementing and supporting Internet access and data networks for higher education institutions and

similarly sized organizations.

3. Vendor to provide history of experience servicing institutions of higher education.

4. Vendor has demonstrated responsiveness in addressing concerns, flexibility in adapting processes to fit differing environments and problem ownership.

5. Vendor must detail the number of employees available locally that comprise their technical and engineering staff (group numbers by title) as well as direct customer service staff.

6. The vendor must have qualified, certified technical staff within one hour’s travel time of CCAC’s demarc. Vendor must provide proof of technical certification/qualifications.

Vendor must also indicate how many on staff have the security certifications such as the

following and attach proof of such to the response of the RFP: SAS 70, Truesecure, and

Certified in Internet Security.

7. The vendor must have demonstrated experience implementing a service and service level requirements of this size and scope. To this end, the vendor must provide the College with

five customer references with appropriate contact information. These customers must

have enterprise-class Internet access.

8. Vendors must provide a full BGP routing table to CCAC.

9. Vendor must be capable of supporting and providing the services requested in this RFP that are included in the vendor response via IPv4 and IPv6.



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Instead of predetermined bandwidth (e.g.: 200 Mbps); the college is looking to select an ISP based on the lowest cost for per megabit

commodity Internet. The college will determine the amount of bandwidth based on best rate provided.

G. PRICING SECTION FOR INTERNET SERVICE a. REQUIRED SERVICE LOCATION:

Office of College Services

800 Allegheny Avenue


Item 1 – Vendor to provide all inclusive commodity Internet service cost per Mbps. If there is a per Mbps cost

advantage relative to bandwidth the vendor is to provide the cost structure.

Contract Term Monthly Rate Per Mbps

Option 1: One Year through 10-31-18

Option 2: Two Years through 10-31-19

Option 3: Three Years through 10/31/20

CCAC shall have the right to negotiate additional option years with the awarded vendor beyond the chosen term.

Installation/Configuration Fees: Waived

Equipment Provisioning: No Charge to CCAC

Circuit Monitoring: No Charge to CCAC

All of the above are to be incorporated into the monthly per Mbps costs.

Value-added Services (attach detailed description of services and detail costs for each service).

Company Name: ____________________________________________________________



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Item 2 optional: Ondemand Internet bandwidth change service – Vendor to provide cost of bandwidth change.

Cost

Cost of Bandwidth Change




All of the above are to be incorporated into costs of service.


Item 3 optional: SIP Trunk service – Vendor to provide concurrent G.711 encoded call incrementals, associated rates,

recurring costs, nonrecurring costs and E911 services.

i. DIDs – 1853 college-wide, 261 at the Office of College Services ii. Current number of available call paths – 299 college-wide, 46 at the Office of College Services

iii. SIP trunk service will interface with Net VX Gateway

Monthly SIP Cost

Cost of SIP service




All of the above are to be incorporated into monthly SIP costs.


Company Name: ____________________________________________________________



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b. OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL SERVICE LOCATION: South Campus

1750 Clairton Road (Route 885)

West Mifflin, PA 15122-3029

Item 1 – Vendor to provide all inclusive commodity Internet service cost per Mbps. If there is a per Mbps cost

advantage relative to bandwidth the vendor is to provide the cost structure.

Contract Term Monthly Rate Per Mbps

Option 1: One Year through 10-31-18

Option 2: Two Years through 10-31-19

Option 3: Three Years through 10/31/20




All of the above are to be incorporated into the monthly per Mbps costs.


Company Name: ____________________________________________________________



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Item 2 optional: Ondemand Internet bandwidth change service – Vendor to provide cost of bandwidth change.

Cost

Cost of Bandwidth Change




All of the above are to be incorporated into costs of service.


Item 3 optional: SIP Trunk service – Vendor to provide concurrent G.711 encoded call incrementals, associated rates,

recurring costs, nonrecurring costs and E911 services.

i. DIDs – 1853 college-wide, 261 at the Office of College Services ii. Current number of available call paths – 299 college-wide, 46 at the Office of College Services

iii. SIP trunk service will interface with Net VX Gateway

Monthly SIP Cost

Cost of SIP service




All of the above are to be incorporated into monthly SIP costs.


Company Name: ____________________________________________________________



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Appendix A

Current Internet Service Providers

ISP A

Consolidated Communications

ISP B

Sunesys

Note: In order to maintain redundancy, no vendor will be considered for award of both

ISP A and ISP B at the same time.



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REQUIRED SUBMITTALS

The College requires that responses to this solicitation contain the following information:

SUBMITTAL FORM –1: Vendor must complete, sign, and submit this page

with their proposal response.

PRICING SUMMARY PAGES: Submit pricing pages.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION: Submit all documentation and support

materials as described throughout this RFP.

REFERENCES – submit at least three customer references for similar services.

MBE/WBE PARTICIPATION: CCAC encourages the participation of

minority and women-owned businesses in all of its contracts and is

committed to providing maximum opportunities for qualified minority

and/or women-owned business enterprises ("MBE/WBEs") to participate in

its work. Bidder agrees (1) if qualified, to take reasonable and timely steps

to obtain appropriate certification as an MBE and/or WBE, (2) to ensure that

MBE and/or WBEs are appropriately considered as subcontractors and/or

suppliers under this Agreement; and (3) to report moneys spent for MBE

and/or WBE subcontractors and/or suppliers for work as CCAC may from

time to time reasonably request. CCAC’s goal for MBE/WBE participation

is 15%. Please provide documentation as to your firm’s good faith effort to

reach this goal by describing all applicable details of MBE/WBE

participation that may be included in the resulting agreement.

GENERAL SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS

All proposal responses, inclusive of the required submittals and all other

documentation, must be submitted in hard copy and either mailed, delivered by

private carrier, or hand-delivered (no fax or electronic responses).

PROPOSAL DEADLINE: Proposals are due by 2:00 p.m. on Friday, October

27, 2017. (Proposals received late will not be considered by the College.)

One original and one electronic copy (disk or flash drive) of such shall be

appropriately identified and delivered to: Community College of Allegheny

County, Purchasing Department - Attn: Michael Cvetic, 800 Allegheny Avenue,




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Proposals shall clearly indicate company name, full address, contact person,

phone number, fax number and e-mail address.

Proposals must contain the original signature of a duly authorized officer or agent

of the company submitting the proposal.

Any/all information/language that is proposed to be incorporated into any final

agreement shall be submitted with the vendor’s response.

All costs incurred in preparing a response shall be at the vendor’s expense.

VENDOR REPRESENTATION / WARRANTY

Any responding vendor, by submitting a proposal, specifically represents and warrants

that it has and shall possess, and that its employees, agents and subcontractors have and

shall possess, the required education, knowledge, experience and character necessary to

qualify them individually for the particular duties they perform. CCAC shall reserve the

right to inspect and/or evaluate any potential awardee’s facility, physical equipment,

staff, and all matters that may bear upon the ability to successfully perform the scope of

work. CCAC shall conduct interviews of vendors as needed to evaluate qualifications.

Should CCAC reasonably find that any vendor does not have the capacity to perform the

work, CCAC may reject the vendor’s proposal.

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE AWARDED CONTRACT

The following terms and conditions shall apply to any resulting contract. Any terms and

conditions of a responding vendor’s that are in conflict with the College’s terms and

conditions, inclusive of any specific contractual requirements, must be identified within

the vendor’s response. CCAC may negotiate the inclusion, exclusion, or alteration of any

language, terms, or conditions prior to the issuance of a signed contract or throughout the

term of the contract. The final contract shall incorporate the RFP document and any

proposal submitted by the successful vendor and accepted by the College.

Vendors are cautioned that although the vendor’s terms may be submitted for

consideration, the College reserves the right to negotiate its preference of the same, or

otherwise reject the vendor’s proposal if the College is not able and willing to agree to

the vendor’s terms.

INVOICING/PAYMENT PROVISIONS: The College’s payment terms shall be 30

days from the date the vendor’s invoice is properly presented and received. Invoices may

be submitted only in accordance with deliverables that have been appropriately accepted

by the College’s sign-off.



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TERMINATION PROVISIONS:

a. The awarded contract may be terminated in whole or in part in writing by the Col-

lege in the event of the failure by Contractor to fulfill its obligations under the terms

and conditions of the contract, or in the event that the Contractor breaches any

provision of the agreement (in the College’s opinion), provided that no such

termination shall be effective unless Contractor is given three (3) calendar days'

written notice of intent to terminate, delivered personally or by certified mail, return

receipt requested, and an opportunity for consultation with the College prior to

termination.

b. Upon receipt of a termination notice pursuant to the foregoing paragraph, Contractor

shall promptly discontinue all services affected unless otherwise directed by the

notice of termination.

c. Upon termination pursuant to the foregoing paragraphs, the College may take

over the work and prosecute the same to completion by agreement with

another party or otherwise. Should Contractor fail or refuse to comply fully

and faithfully with the terms, conditions and stipulations of the resulting

agreement, College shall have the right at their notion to cancel, annul and

declare void the award and the contract without any liability whatsoever on the

part of College. The College shall be the sole judge as to whether or not

Contractor has fully and faithfully complied therewith. College shall have the

further right before or after any such cancellation to recover by law from

Contractor any and all damages sustained by reason of non-compliance with or

breach of the contract by Contractor.

d. Upon termination, an equitable adjustment of the fee shall be made, which shall not include any profit for services or other work performed. The Contractor

acknowledges and agrees that it shall not be entitled nor shall it make a claim for lost

profits or loss of anticipated earnings because of termination.

e. In addition to the College's right to terminate as above stated, the College shall have the right to postpone, delay, or suspend or terminate the services for which

Contractor is herein engaged at any time and for any reason deemed to be in the

College's interest. In such event of suspension or termination for the College's

convenience, the College shall pay Contractor for the services rendered through the

date when notice of suspension/termination was received by Contractor. In the

event of delay, postponement or suspension, Contractor agrees that it shall only be

entitled to a reasonable extension of time to complete the project and not to

monetary compensation.

f. CCAC shall also have the right to terminate any/all connections for any reason, at its own discretion, prior to the completion of the term. List early termination penalties

on the bid sheet.



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INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS: It shall be expressly agreed that

Contractor’s status hereunder an award is that of independent Contractor. Neither

Contractor, nor any person hired by Contractor, shall be considered employees of the

College for any purpose.

AUTHORITY TO BIND: In the performance of the awarded services, Contractor

agrees that the Contractor shall not have the authority to enter into any contract or

agreement to bind

the College in any way and shall not represent to anyone that the Contractor has such

authority.

GOVERNING LAWS: Any resulting agreement shall be governed by and construed in

accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

EVALUATION AND AWARD OF PROPOSALS: While each proposal shall be

considered objectively, CCAC reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal and to

waive any formalities, informalities or technicalities in the RFP process at its own

discretion.

CCAC will not be bound by oral explanations or instructions given by any CCAC

employee or agent at anytime during the competitive proposal process or after award.

Only modifications to specifications issued in writing by way of addendum shall be valid.

CCAC reserves the right to award this RFP in any manner that is determined to be in its

best interest. The award may be split on a location-by-location basis, total low basis, or

other basis.

The issuance of the College’s award letter and/or subsequent purchase order(s) shall

constitute the award of any accepted proposal.

INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS: An insurance certificate as described on “Form B”

(attached herein) must be submitted by the awarded vendor prior to any work being

performed.

CONTRACTOR INTEGRITY PROVISIONS

The awarded Contractor must agree and abide by the following integrity,

confidentiality and non-disclosure provisions:

COLLEGE’S INTERESTS: Contractor agrees that it will not during the term of the

resulting agreement engage in any activity which is contrary to and in conflict with the

best interests, goals and purposes of the College.



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CONFIDENTIALITY: The Contractor shall not disclose to others any confidential

information gained by virtue of the proposal process and the resulting contract.

COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW: The Contractor shall maintain the highest

standards of integrity in the performance of the contract and shall take no action in violation of

state or federal laws, regulations, or any other requirements that govern contracting with the

College.

PREVIOUS PERFORMANCE: Contracts will not be awarded by the College to any

corporation, firm or individual that has failed in any former contract with the College to perform

or complete work or, in the College’s sole judgment, to satisfactorily deliver or provide the

quality of materials, fulfill a guarantee(s) or complete work in accordance with the schedule for

such prior contract.

PURCHASE ORDER TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

https://www.ccac.edu/Terms_and_Conditions.aspx




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MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT (Awardee Only)

THIS MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made and entered into as of this

____ day of _____________, 2017, by and between Community College of Allegheny County, with a

business office located at 800 Allegheny Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15233 (hereinafter referred to as the

“College”), and the company or business listed on the signature page hereto (hereinafter referred to as

“Contractor”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the College has issued a Request for Quotation, Bid Solicitation, Request for

Proposal, and/or a Purchase Order (hereinafter individually and collectively referred to as the “Order”),

pursuant to

Bid Proposal No.

which College seeks to procure certain work and services, as more fully described on the Order;

and

WHEREAS, Contractor has submitted a proposal to the College to provide the services described

in the Order, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A (hereinafter the “Proposal”) and

incorporated by reference;

WHEREAS, the College desires to engage Contractor to provide the services, pursuant to and in

accordance with the terms and conditions that this Agreement set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants that this Agreement

contains, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally

bound, agree as follows:

1. Term. The term of this Agreement shall be as specified in the Order unless otherwise

stated in the section below. If no date is specified, this Agreement shall begin with the date first stated

above and terminate upon satisfactory completion of the services described herein.

2. Services. Contractor shall fully and faithfully perform the work and services described in

the Order and the Proposal and any specifications, scope of work or other documentation attached thereto.

Contractor warrants that all work and services performed by or on behalf of it under this Agreement will

conform to all terms and specifications set forth in the Order and in the Proposal.



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3. Price/Fees: The College shall pay Contractor for the services and work performed by

Contractor in accordance with the fees and/or prices set forth in the Proposal.

4. Terms and Conditions: This Agreement, and the services to be performed by Contractor

hereunder, will be subject to and governed by College’s Standard Terms and Conditions for the Purchase

of Goods and Services (“Master Terms”), which are incorporated herein by reference. The Master Terms

can be viewed and downloaded at https://www.ccac.edu/Terms_and_Conditions.aspx. By signing below,

Contractor acknowledges its receipt and acceptance of the Master Terms.

5. Insurance Requirements: In addition to the Master Terms, Contractor shall comply with

the insurance and indemnification requirements set forth on Exhibit B, which are incorporated herein by

reference. Prior to commencing performance of the Services, Contractor shall furnish to the College a

properly executed certificate(s) of insurance which evidence all insurance required by Exhibit B. Said

certificate(s) of insurance shall be attached herein as Exhibit C.

6. Assignment. Contractor may not assign or subcontract this Agreement or its performance

thereof, in whole or in part, without the College’s prior written consent.

7. Entire Agreement; Modification. This Agreement, together with the Exhibits and other

documents referenced and incorporated herein, sets forth the entire agreement of the parties on the subject

matter hereof and supersedes all previous or concurrent agreements between them, whether oral or written.

Any proposal, quotation, acknowledgment, confirmation or other writing submitted by Contractor to the

College shall not be deemed to amend or modify this Agreement, and will be of no legal effect except to the

extent that it serves to identify the work and services to be performed by the Contractor. This Agreement,

and the terms set forth in the Master Terms, will control over any conflicting terms or provisions contained

in any proposal, invoice or other documentation submitted by Contractor to College. The terms of this

Agreement may not be modified or changed except by a writing that both parties sign. This Agreement

shall inure to the benefit of the College and Contractor and the College’s successors and assigns.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first

above written.

CONTRACTOR:

By: __________________________

Signature: __________________________

Title: __________________________

Date: Date: ___________________________

COMMUNITY COLLEGE

OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY:

By: _____________________________

Signature: _______________________________

Title: _______________________________

Date: _____________________________

EXHIBITS - The following Exhibits are attached hereto and made a part of this Agreement for all

purposes:

Exhibit A - Contractor’s Proposal Response

Insurance Certificate




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INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS

FORM B

Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Contractor shall defend, indemnify and

hold harmless the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC), its agents, officers,

employees, and volunteers from and against all claims, damages, losses, and expenses (including

but not limited to attorney fees and court costs) to the extent directly arising from the acts, errors,

mistakes, omissions, work or service of Contractor, its agents, employees, or any tier of its

subcontractors in the performance of this Contract. The amount and type of insurance coverage

requirements of this Contract will in no way be construed as limiting the scope of indemnification

in this Paragraph.

Insurance. Contractor shall maintain during the term of this Contract insurance policies described

below issued by companies licensed in Pennsylvania with a current A.M. Best rating of A- or

better. At the signing of this Contract, and prior to the commencement of any work, Contractor

shall furnish the CCAC Purchasing Department with a Certificate of Insurance evidencing the

required coverages, conditions, and limits required by this Contract at the following address:

Community College of Allegheny County, Purchasing Department, 800 Allegheny Avenue,

Pittsburgh, PA 15233.

The insurance policies, except Workers’ Compensation and Professional Liability, shall be

endorsed to name Community College of Allegheny County, its agents, officers, employees, and

volunteers as Additional Insureds with the following language or its equivalent:

Community College of Allegheny County, its agents, officers, employees, and volunteers are

hereby named as additional insureds as their interest may appear.

All such Certificates shall provide a 30-day notice of cancellation. Renewal Certificates must be

provided for any policies that expire during the term of this Contract. Certificate must specify

whether coverage is written on an Occurrence or a Claims Made Policy form.

Insurance coverage required under this Contract is:

1) Commercial General Liability insurance with a limit of not less than $1,000,000 per

occurrence for bodily injury, property damage, personal injury, products and completed

operations, and blanket contractual coverage, including but not limited to the liability assumed

under the indemnification provisions of this Contract.

2) Automobile Liability insurance with a combined single limit for bodily injury and property

damage of not less than $1,000,000 each occurrence with respect to Contractor’s owned,

hired, and non-owned vehicles.

3) Workers’ Compensation insurance with limits statutorily required by any Federal or State law

and Employer’s Liability insurance of not less than $100,000 for each accident, $100,000 disease for

each employee, and $500,000 disease policy limit.



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SUBMITTAL FORM -1

By submitting a proposal the vendor acknowledges that following items are hereby

understood and agreed to:

The undersigned, having carefully examined all sections and attachments to this Request for

Proposal does hereby offer to furnish all labor, materials, equipment, supplies, insurance and

bonds specified, and services necessary to fulfill the contract in accordance with the RFP

which is/are hereby acknowledged by the signature below.

STATEMENT OF NON-COLLUSION

Finally, the undersigned also certifies that this proposal is made without previous

understanding, agreement or connection with any person, firm, or corporation making a

proposal on this same service and is in all respects, fair and without collusion or fraud.

SIGNATURE OF OFFEROR

(Must be signed by a duly authorized officer or agent of the responding company.)

Company

Name

_______________________________

Signed by

_____________________________

FEIN

_______________________________

Name

(printed)

_____________________________

Address _______________________________ Title _____________________________

_______________________________

Telephone

_____________________________

Zip + four

_______________________________

Fax

_____________________________

Date _______________________________ E-mail _____________________________

Documents

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL 3098 FOR INTERNET ......The College subscribes to a redundant ISP strategy to access the Internet. The agreement for the ISP covered by this RFP is expiring. See